Sen. Chuck Grassley said he didn't read transcripts of the text messages and "probably won't" but said they weren't classified information.
The White House continued to downplay the seriousness of the incident, parsing semantics and attacking the journalist who was inadvertently added to the chat.
Sue Gordon, former principal deputy national intelligence director, said the Trump administration needs to deal with any "persistent risk" to communications following the Signal chat leak.
A Pentagon-wide advisory that went out one week ago warned against using Signal, the messaging app, even for unclassified information.
The military takes extraordinary measures to keep combat operations secret, cutting off outside communications for service members before launching an attack.
The stunning news that the editor-in-chief of the Atlantic was accidentally included on a Signal chat where Trump defense and intelligence officials including Vice
Attorney General Pam Bondi declined to say whether the Justice Department was investigating national security leaders’ use of Signal to discuss an airstrike, implying such an action may not be
Across Washington, the Signal leak presented a major test early ... handled investigations into the mishandling of classified or sensitive information by both Republican and Democratic ...
Classified Signal Messages Leaked from World Leaders, Terrorists, and Members of Passover Food Chats
The Journal obtained the following leaked Signal messages between Ismail Barhoum, former Hamas official in Gaza, and two other Hamas terrorists. Israel recently killed Barhoum in a targeted airstrike at Nasser Hospital in Southern Gaza, where he was hiding, shortly after the following messages were sent:
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